LoZ Triforce war ch3

Ch 3 meeting the royals


"This is my daughter. Princess Zelda.”

Link and Zelda both came back to reality after the king spoke.

“Zelda, this is Link.” He introduced. “He is going to be your bodyguard.”

Link looked at the princess and took a nervous gulp. Trying not to be rube, he took a bow in respect with his hand on his chest.

“It’s an honour to meet you in person, your grace.” Link greeted with respect.

“It is a pleasure, your highness.” Niva added as she flew next to Link.

Zelda smiled softy at the polite boy and fairy in front of her.

“It’s a pleasure to meet the both of you.” She replied with a slight giggle.

“Zelda, if it’s not too much trouble, would you mind showing Link and Niva around the castle?” The king asked of his daughter.

“Um, of course father.” Zelda replied politely.

She took a brief look at the pair and turned around.

“Just fallow me.” She instructed.

Link started fallowing Zelda into the hallway with Niva resting on his shoulder. Niva just couldn't stop staring at the princess.

“She’s more beautiful then I imagined her to be.” Niva stated with a sigh.

Link was also in a trance as he looked at the princess leading him.

“Yeah.” He replied in a whisper.

Zelda tried not to make eye contact with the boy behind her. But it would be a bit rude to not take notice of him.

“So... My father hired you as my bodyguard?” Zelda asked as her cheeks turned pink.

“Yeah.” Link answered while scratching his head. “Not many people would spend their birthday like this.”

Zelda turned to face Link with a surprised look on her face.

“today’s your birthday?” She asked in curiosity.

“Yep. Turned seventeen today.” Link answered, almost sounding proud of himself.

Zelda cracked a smile at Link’s remark.

“What a coincidence.” She replied with her hands on her hips. “I’ll be seventeen after tomorrow.”

Link and Niva gave the pricess a surprised look.

“Your birthday is two days after his?” Niva asked with Zelda nodding in response.

“Wow. That really is a coincidence.” Link added as he grinned in amusement.

Link’s smile slowly faded when he took a glance at Zelda’s right hand. Not the hand itself. But she had a mark on it. And it was just like Links’ mark except the inner shape was positioned differently.

“Hey... You and I have the same birthmark!” Link stated as he held his marked hand up to show compare it to Zelda’s mark.

Zelda held her hand up against Link’s and compared them.

“You're right.” Zelda agreed with a slight grin.

“That’s just weird.” Niva remarked. “So on with the tour then?”

“Of course. i’ll show you the training grounds and your chamber.”
...
Zelda showed Link and Niva almost everything there was in the castle. She told them that she was planning on saving the best thing for last. With the two fallowing her, Zelda stopped in front of a wall of leaves and vines and looked around to see if anyone was watching.

“You two will love this.” Zelda told Link and Niva as she opened the vine wall.

“What is it?” Link asked curiously.

“It’s a surprise.” Zelda answered with a wink.

Link and Niva looked at each other in confusion before they both fallowed Zelda in the vine wall and down a set of stone steps. The steps were quite short and it only took a minute before reaching the bottom to the underground floor. The room they were in was all covered in vines on the six stone pillars around a bright glowing pool of water with gold carvings around the rim. Link and Niva walked forward and looked down into the pool.

“What is this? a wishing fountain?” Link asked as he and Niva beside him looked in.

“Almost. And I wouldn't stand that close if I were you.” Zelda insisted with a cheeky grin.

“Why?” Niva asked.

Before anyone said another word, the water in the pool started to bubble. Link and Niva just became more curious and leaned in further to see what was happening. Just as they did so, something jumped out of the water, laughing in a female voice and scaring Link and Niva so bad that they fell backwards while screaming like children. When they calmed down, they took a clearer look at what came out of the pool. It was a woman. It was a woman, but she was a giant covered in a blue dress that blended with the water and she was covered in seaweed and shells. Her hair was so long that the end in the pool turned into water and had blue lipstick, blue eyeshadow and sea green eyes. The water creature smiled at Link and Niva as she rested her arms on the rim of the pool.

“I told you.” Zelda joked as she walked forward.

She looked at the water creature and gave a curtsy with her dress.

“Oh Great fairy, this is Link and Niva.” Zelda introduced them. “Link and Niva, the Great fairy.”

“Well, greetings Link and Niva!” The great fairy greeted as she leaned closer to the boy.

Link just looked bewildered at the fairy creature, beginning to feel uncomfortable as the creature came so close, but he tried to smile.

“G-good to m-meet you too.” Link greeted back with a nervous grin.

Niva on the other was being the opposite of what Link was. She was hovering around rapidly like there was no tomorrow and shouting happy gibberish.

“Do you even know who this is!?” Niva shouted with a crack in her tiny voice. “This is the great fairy; the queen of all fairies!”

The great fairy gently laughed at how happy and energetic the little fairy in front of her was.

“Indeed I am, little one.” She remarked as she gave Niva a pat.

Link could have sworn that he heard a purring noise come from Niva when she received the gentle pat.

“Why do you have a queen fairy under the castle?” Link asked Zelda as he got up off the ground.

“Well.” Zelda began her hands behind her back. “A few years before I was born, my father found her in a cave near the east boarder of Hyrule. He told me that she was attacked by monsters and left to die. But he and some of his men found her and took her back to the castle to heal her wounds. She’s been living in this sacred fountain ever since.”

Link stared at Zelda with wide eyes before turning to the great fairy.

“The king saved your life?!” He asked the fairy in disbelief.

“Yes he did. I owe that great man my life.” The great fairy answered with passion in her voice. “And as a reward for saving me, I foretell the future for the kingdom, but I don’t want to give away too much; if you catch my drift.”

Zelda rolled her eyes at the remark.

“She likes to tease.” She whispered into links’ ear, getting his attention.

Before Link could answer back, barking and shouting started coming from the top of the stairs and came closer with each step. Soon a dog cake down the stairs, barking happily and jumped onto Zelda playfully; fallowed by a tall woman breathing heavily from running.

“There you are princess; Daisuke wouldn't stop barking for-”

The woman stopped talking when she spotted Link standing next to Zelda. She glared and had her eyebrow raised for a moment before turning to the princess.

“Who is this?” She asked, almost sounding angry.

Zelda looked at the woman nervously as she tried to think of something to say.

“Impa, this is Link. Link, this is Impa; my caretaker.” She introduced them to each other.

“It’s great to meet you, miss Impa.” Link greeted as he held his left hand for her to shake.

Impa noticed the triforce mark on the boys' hand, but she did not react in anywhere. She just looked at it briefly before looking at Link again.

“The guards came back with you?” Impa questioned with her arms crossed.

“Y-yes.” Link answered as his smile slowly faded.

“You're a lot more scrawny then I pictured you To be.”

“Impa! That’s a very rude thing to say!” Zelda angrily responded to her caretakers’ remark.

“Well, look at him! He’s barely got any muscle on his arms! And his hair makes him look as he if he were raised by wolves.”

Niva giggled at Impas’ comments.

“That’s what I say to him, but he never listens.” She whispered into Zeldas’ ear.

“But that changes starting tomorrow.” Impa stated with her hands behind her back and gave Link a dead stare. “Report to the training grounds tomorrow right when you wake up! And if you wake up late, forget about breakfast!”

Impa turned around and marched back up the stone stairs, leaving Zelda, Daisuke, the great fairy, Niva and a dumbfounded Link standing all alone.

“What just happened!?” Link shouted in question as he turned to face the others.

“I think you just got told off by the princesses' nanny.” Niva joked with a giggle.

“She’s also the commander of the Hylian army.” Zelda added with her arms crossed.

Niva stopped giggling out of fear of insulting a high ranking commander.

“Well, I suppose it's time to have some tea.” Zelda stated with a smile.

Daisuke barked happily in response as he ran up the stone steps.

“It was nice meeting you, miss great fairy.” Link farewelled to the great fairy before fallowing Zelda and Niva up the steps.

The great fairy softly giggled with her hand over her mouth.

“It was lovely to meet you too, handsome.” She replied with a cheeky grin and wink.
...

A large round table stood in middle of a room similar to the throne room, but without the throne. A large cooked roast was placed in the middle with different vegetables placed on the same plate. The King, Impa, Zelda and Link all sat around the table food on their plates in silence, while Niva rested on Links’ shoulder and Daisuke lied under Zeldas’ chair, chewing on a bone. Impa stared harshly at Link while she ate her vegetables while Link just focused on his meal. Zelda was deep in thought and was just playing with her food. The king had finish his plate and looked at the people in silence around him.

“So, how was everyones’ day?” He asked, breaking the silence.

Impa and Zelda looked up at the king and his question while Link stayed focused on the food on his plate.

“Well, I trained the soldiers and gave the princess an archery lesson today.” Impa answered first.

“And it is going quite well.” Zelda added happily.

“I see.” The king replied with a nod. “What about you Zelda? How was your day?”

“Well...” Zelda began. “I made a new friend.”

Link did not hear any of Zeldas’ words while gulped down a glass of water.

“Link, she’s talking about you!” Niva loudly whispered as she rammed into the side of his head, almost making him choke on his drink.

“Huh?”

Link looked up to see Zelda smiling softly at him with her forest green eyes.

“Isn't that right Link?” She asked, thinking he was listening.

“Um, yes! Yes of course your grace.” Link answered even if he had no idea what Zelda said before.

Impa narrowed her eyes at Link. She then got up out of her chair and turned to the king.

“Your majesty, may I please speak with you in another room?” Impa asked with her hands together.

“Of course Impa.” The king replied as he stood out of his chair.

His majesty and Impa walked away from the table and into a different room, leaving Link and Zelda alone with their two companions.

“They’re always doing that so much nowadays.” Zelda stated with her arms crossed.

“Doing what?” Niva asked in response.

“Talking about something that they don't want anyone else to hear.”

Link stared at the doors to the next room with a mild frown.

“Zelda, may I ask you a question?” He asked, still staring at the door.

“Of course.” Zelda replied as she gave Daisuke a pat and stretched his ears.

Link took a deep breath before answering.

“Does Impa have some kind of problem with me?” Link asked with his hand on the back of  his neck.

Zelda looked up with confusion in her eyes.

“What do you mean by problem?” She asked with her head tilted.

“It seems like she hates for me for some reason.”

“She doesn't hate you. She’s a bit irritated because of some recent events.”

“But she doesn't have to be mad at me for it, it’s not like I'm stealing her job.”

Zelda took a breath and exhaled.

“just give her a chance and she’ll warm up to you.” She said as she got up from her chair.

Link just rolled his eyes as he stood up out of his chair.

“My father always said that I shouldn't judge people before I really know them.” Link stated as he stretched his arms.

“He is a very wise man.” Zelda replied with a smile. “So I suppose a should show you and Niva to your room.”

“Oh, thank Hylia, I'm so tired.” Niva muttered as she yawned.
...
“This is just amazing!” Niva remarked as she cuddled up on top of her pillow. “We’re living in Hyrule castle with the king and the princess! Pretty cool right Link?”

Niva didn't get any response.

“Link?

Niva looked into the direction of Links’ bed to see him sitting with his legs crossed, staring out the window with still eyes. Niva got off of her pillow and flew over to him.

“You ok?”

Link blinked a few times before turning to see Niva looking at him.

“I’m fine, Niva. Thanks for asking.” He answered with a tired voice.

“Are you sure? You seem depressed.” Niva replied as she landed on top of Links’ shoulder.

“I, just miss dad.”

“Hey, don't feel too bad. You’ll see him in about a year. And I bet when he sees you, he’s gonna be so proud of you.”

Link looked at the fairy and gave her a smile.

“I guess you’re right.” He said in a soft tone. “I think it’s time to hit the sack. Goodnight.”

“Night Link.” Niva replied as she flew back to her pillow and drifted to sleep.

As he slowly drifted into sleep, Link kept thinking of what was to come later. But like a dream, he would probably forget those thoughts by morning. While they slept into a night of thoughtless dreams, Link and Niva had little to no knowledge that they were being watched. As a watcher watched them through the window.